Real Estate Day 2025 of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Karlsruhe

with our partner Dr. Alexander Hoff as speaker.

The common thread running through all the presentations: How can we create affordable housing?

Stimulating ideas, inspiring presentations, diverse perspectives, and constructive discussions in a high-caliber panel discussion.

We look back with enthusiasm and are already looking forward to the next Real Estate Day in 2026.

Advoselect Annual Conference in Paris from September 25 to September 27, 2025

Inspiring exchange with colleagues from all over Europe. This time, the focus was on arbitration proceedings.

In view of the ever-increasing length of proceedings in the state judiciary and the increasing frequency of international legal disputes, arbitration proceedings are a promising approach to achieving cost-effective, legally secure, and rapid results — provided you know how.

Our partner Dr. Alexander Hoff, himself an arbitrator, attended this year’s congress in Paris and was able to exchange ideas on this topic with numerous colleagues.

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Strong together in Europe: Bartsch at the Advoselect network meeting in Augsburg

Advoselect – Strong together in Europe

Advoselect is an innovative, Europe-wide network of German-speaking commercial law firms. Our cooperation is based on partnership, mutual support, and a common goal: providing excellent legal advice in commercial law.

With a seal of approval for quality, competence, and reliability, Advoselect offers cross-border commercial legal advice of the highest standard – anywhere in Europe.

We promote personal relationships, openness, and diversity in an international, interdisciplinary network – with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and the future of the economy.

Through exchange, internationality, and networking, we create sustainable added value – for our members and their clients.

In May, we met in Augsburg – an inspiring exchange among colleagues from 15 countries.

Over 40 participants came together to gain new inspiration, network, and grow together. One highlight was the practice-oriented sales training with our speaker Liane Allmann, which offered valuable suggestions on how law firms can position their consulting services even more specifically and create added value for our clients.

The warmth, openness, and trust within the network were palpable—Advoselect thrives on genuine cooperation across borders.

We incorporate new ideas into our everyday lives—and look forward to everything we can achieve together.

Inspiring conversations at Expo Real

Many thanks to Jochen Ehlgötz (left), Managing Director of TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH, for the excellent organization of the joint stand at Expo Real. Dr. Alexander Hoff (right) (partner at Bartsch Rechtsanwälte) and Dr. Oliver Klein (center) (Managing Director of Bartsch Steuerberater) give a very positive assessment of the three days in Munich.

Bartsch Rechtsanwälte at the Advoselect network meeting in Leuven, Belgium

Two and a half days were packed with inspiring discussions, keynote speeches, and social exchanges with colleagues from all over Europe. The focus was on the state of development of artificial intelligence and its use in commercial law firms, as well as the latest developments and case law in international legal transactions.

Advoselect is a European network of German-speaking commercial law firms whose members meet twice a year to exchange ideas in person. For more information, visit: Advoselect – THE European network of German-speaking commercial law firms

Advoselect network meeting 25.04. – 27.04.2024

As part of our annual advoselect network meeting, we were guests of the law firm Dierkes in their noble location in the traditional “Chilehaus” in Hamburg. Special thanks to Tim Wöhler and Moritz Leverkühn for their generous welcome. A great program that focused specifically on talent retention in law firms, an important topic as we all know. Many thanks to Viktoria Maruschka, Tina Reichelt and Kai Hinrichsen for their moderation. We had interesting workshops, lovely dinners, an impressive harbor tour, lots of great exchanges and lots of fun.

Interesting facts for the trade

The year 2024 will bring numerous legal changes that are also of great importance for trade businesses. Our partner Dr. Alexander Hoff informed the members of the Guild for Sanitary and Heating Technology in-house on March 5, 2024 about numerous legal regulations and also gave an insight into the current case law of the Federal Labour Court. The presentation was followed by an interesting discussion.

Are you also interested in bringing your members and/or employees up to date legally? Call now and make an appointment.

Dr. Alexander Hoff in the podcast of the SHK Fördergesellschaft mittlerer Oberrhein:

Advoselect webinar, topic: Energy and heat

Energy security, energy supply and energy prices are not only an economic issue, but also present us with legal challenges.

The law firms in the Europe-wide Advoselect network of lawyers have therefore taken up this issue. In five short articles, you will learn interesting facts about rental and lease agreements for solar and wind power plants, about intra-European energy trading, but also about an important topic for local authorities and investors, namely the possibilities accelerated by politics to designate areas for wind power use.

Our partner Alexander Hoff spoke about this (in the video from minute 41). We look forward to receiving your suggestions.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/box4jglomkk69mcc8oxkd/Energie-und-W-rme.mp4

Karlsruhe Expert Forum convenes

“It is not legal arguments, but technical know-how that decides the legal dispute” – this provocative thesis proves to be true in numerous construction lawsuits, which are often less about legal issues than about construction details and technically complex contexts. The work of court-appointed experts is therefore of particular importance in these proceedings. Our partner Alexander Hoff gave the opening lecture at this year’s annual conference and highlighted the particular challenges for the parties involved in the proceedings when it comes to dealing with technical issues in court proceedings.

A big thank you to the organizers, especially the Fachverband Glas Fenster Fassade Baden-Württemberg, for the professional preparation and implementation and a compliment to all the live and online listeners for the committed discussion and the first-class contributions.

Making city centers more attractive – but how?

The IHK Karlsruhe organized a symposium on this topic on 22.11.2022, at which our partner, lawyer Dr. Alexander Hoff, gave a lecture.

Dying retail trade, precarious housing situations, neglected building fabric and deficiencies in safety and order – many municipalities complain that their city centers are affected. What to do?

Alexander Hoff outlined the legal options available to stop the decline and make city centers more attractive. The audience was particularly interested in the possibility of improving the attractiveness of certain neighbourhoods through self-organized neighbourhood communities of owners and also taking advantage of government assistance.

A big thank you to the IHK’s real estate and location development working group for taking on this important topic of inner city design!

Real estate and city centers – IHK Karlsruhe event

What are the prospects for inner-city commercial units? Vacant retail spaces, falling visitor numbers in city centers and deserted town centers – the pandemic has greatly accelerated this transformation process.

“If Mary and Joseph had known!” Short presentations by Bartsch Rechtsanwälte

On 10.11.2022, our new short lecture series on employment law entitled “If Mary and Joseph had known! Employment law under the Christmas tree” at the Buhlsche Mühle in Ettlingen. The six-person team, consisting of attorneys Ina Bender, Diana Lipska and Alexandra Steg as well as attorneys Dr. Alexander Hoff, Dr. Reinhard Möller and Dr. Gerhard Wagner, presented current and exciting topics in employment law in a cozy atmosphere. The special feature here was not only the unusual presentation format, but also the parallel to the Christmas story, which was skillfully drawn by the speakers in their presentations and provided smiles and laughter in many places. The audience not only enjoyed a highly informative evening, but also an entertaining, cozy and relaxed atmosphere in a wintery, pre-Christmas mood. Thanks to the cold temperatures of the evening, the first mulled wine of the year in the outdoor area tasted particularly good for many guests.

We are already looking forward to our “Anglühen” next year and hope that we can not only inspire our guests again, but also enchant them!

Are you an entrepreneur or an HR manager in a company, interested in labor law topics and would like to join us next time? Then get in touch with us and send us an e-mail here. We look forward to seeing you!

Bartsch Rechtsanwälte at the EXPO REAL 2022

Meet Bartsch Rechtsanwälte and Bartsch Steuerberater at EXPO REAL 2022, Europe’s largest B2B trade fair for real estate and investments, in Munich. Since 1998, EXPO REAL has hosted the entire real estate industry for three days every October. The best conditions for efficient networking.

EXPO REAL covers the entire value chain of the international real estate industry – from the idea and concept to financing and realization to marketing, operation and use.

Bartsch Rechtsanwälte advise you “all about your real estate”. With our consulting approach along the value chain, we support you in dealing with complex real estate management issues. Find out more about our expertise at our stand or contact us directly. You will find Bartsch Rechtsanwälte in Hall B1, Stand 130 (‘Stand TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe’).

Dr. Alexander Hoff, lawyer, specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law
Dr. Oliver Klein, lawyer, tax consultant
Dr. Reinhard Möller, lawyer, specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law
Sabine Przerwok, lawyer, specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law and public procurement law
Rüdiger Strubel, lawyer, specialist lawyer for tax law and tax consultant
Sarah Zentner, lawyer, specialist lawyer for construction and architectural law

We look forward to an interesting trade fair and exciting discussions with you!

If you would like to make an appointment with us in advance, we look forward to hearing from you, e.g. by e-mail to mail@bartsch.law

Information 04.10.2022 – 06.10.2022
Start: 10:00
Location: Munich / Hall B1, Stand 130

Bartsch Attorneys at Law in Lisbon

Especially in times of crisis, entrepreneurs often have to make quick decisions that need to be legally sound. This challenge is all the greater the more international the company is, as many special features of commercial law in different countries have to be taken into account. Advoselect member law firms are able to support their clients in a special way because they can draw on a broad European network of experts in commercial law in the background. The Advoselect fall conference, which this time took place at member law firm PLMJ Advogados in Lisbon, focused on even more intensive networking between law firms.

“In view of current developments, optimal international networking has become even more important for leading commercial law firms and their clients,” says Viktoria Maruschka, CEO of Advoselect Service AG. “Speed is more important than ever, as there is currently a great deal of momentum in many European countries on important issues of commercial law.” In order to meet the new challenges in the best possible way, the Advoselect network presented and officially launched a new app at the fall conference in Lisbon. “The app developed especially for Advoselect will enable law firms and their professionals to network even more closely across Europe, to work together on current topics and to further deepen the professional exchange on current legislation and the latest rulings.” Clients can also use the new Advoselect app free of charge: The new digital service for entrepreneurs in Europe offers the latest news, an extensive knowledge base, all member law firms with their specialist expertise at a glance, documents to download, recordings of webinars, podcasts on all aspects of commercial law and much more.

The fall conference in Portugal also saw the launch of other new services that Advoselect will soon be offering. This includes an overview of real estate acquisition issues in the various European countries. “As part of the ‘Business in Europe’ series, the construction and real estate law working group at Advoselect intends to develop a corresponding guide in the coming months, which will support entrepreneurs when acquiring real estate in other European countries,” says Viktoria Maruschka. In the other specialist committees, current judgments and issues relating to legislation in the areas of company law, employment law, insolvency law and international arbitration and procedural law were discussed. In the latter committee, the focus this time was primarily on arbitration proceedings with a sanctioned party, particularly with regard to Russia. The multi-day event was hosted this time by PLMJ Avogados in Lisbon, which also offered a varied program to accompany the conference – including a special tuk-tuk ride through Old Lisbon. The leading Portuguese commercial law firm PLMJ is the largest member firm of the Advoselect network with more than 50 partners, more than 150 professionals and 400 employees in seven countries.